Title: Missiology: The Mission of God and God’s Church
Editors: David K. Ngaruiya, Elizabeth W. Mburu and Nathan H. Chiroma
Imprint: Langham Global Library
Description
The essence of the church’s character lies in God’s mission. It is the foundational call for God’s people in every generation and the core of God’s divine purpose for the church.
In this tenth volume from the annual conference of the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology, contributors explore God’s mission and the church’s participation, reflecting on how missiology relatesto other theological fields while also being rooted in reality to ultimately encourage the church’s interaction with the world in a way that reflects God’s missionary heart. This collection of papers investigates the important connection between missiology and hermeneutics, going on to examine how missional frameworks shape theological ideas and provide insights into how the church can practically represent God’s mission in a broken world. Presenting missiology through the lenses of scriptural examinations, historical theology, systematic examinations, and practical theology, these essays work together to build a contemporary understanding of how we can put theory into practice as we consider God’s mission and the African church’s place in it.
Endorsements
Using the most current scholarship and discussing issues in a dispassionate manner, this volume combines both experience and expertise and is a welcome addition to the entire discourse on world Christianity.
Casely Baiden Essamuah, ThD
Secretary, Global Christian Forum
In this book, the Africa Society for Evangelical Theology contributes to a definition of cross-cultural mission in a postmodern, multicultural world that is no longer dominated by a Western hermeneutic. Framed by the gospel, the book is a concerted effort to address the numerous needs and challenges of our troubled continent.
H. Jurgens Hendriks, PhD
Emeritus Professor Practical Theology and Missiology, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
In Missiology: The Mission of God and God’s Church, the discussion on the topics of mission and church adopts the posture of different but complementary angles. This volume is for readers in academia, church, or mission field, who want to participate in God’s story of restoration, not just in knowledge, but in mission work and contextualization of God’s truth.
Agnes Makau, PhD
Dean, School of Theology and Social Sciences, Scott Christian University, Kenya
